
Gioachino Rossini
Biography
Gioachino Antonio Rossini was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces, and some sacred music. He set new standards for both comic and serious opera before retiring from large-scale composition while still in his thirties, at the height of his popularity. Rossini began to compose by the age of 12 and was educated at music school in Bologna. His first opera was performed in Venice in 1810 when he was 18 years old. In 1815 he was engaged to write operas and manage theatres in Naples. In the period 1810–1823 he wrote 34 operas for the Italian stage that were performed in Venice, Milan, Ferrara, Naples and elsewhere. During this period he produced his most popular works including the comic operas L'italiana in Algeri, Il barbiere di Siviglia (known in English as The Barber of Seville) and La Cenerentola.
A Real Nave Itália no Rio Grande do Sul
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
La pietra del paragone
La Cenerentola
William's Cake
Rossini La Cenerentola
Claudio Abbado
David Menéndez
Benito Mussolini
Paul Plishka
Cecilia Bartoli
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Francisco Araiza
Juan Diego Flórez
Jean-Christophe Spinosi
Joyce DiDonato
Jennifer Holloway
Gino Quilico